relemenopy

Already???  Of 2012, no less!

So, what's been up with Rel lately?  Well, I graduated for one thing, so there's that.  And then mostly I've been doing conventions/trying to figure my life out/make ends meet.

I've moved back in with my parents for the time being, so that's a thing.  I miss New York, but I really can't afford to live there right now.

Oh hey so I've also opened up commissions over here.

Also I am basically doing 4209582 conventions this year so... yeah.  Starting with Katsucon, next week!  Auuugh got a ton to do after that.  Basically my 2012 Con Calendar looks like:

Katsucon (February 17-19)
MangaNEXT (February 24-26)
SpringFestNY (March 10)
Castle Point (April 1)
Anime Boston (April 6-8)
Boston Comic Con (April 21-22)
MoCCA (April 28-29)
Zenkaikon (May 11-12)
MeCAF (May 20)
Anime North (May 25-27)
AnimeNEXT (June 8-10)
PortConMaine (June 21-24)
BroNYCon (June 20-July 1)
Otakon (July 27-29)
SPX (September 15-16)
Anime Weekend Atlanta (September 28-30)
NYAF (October 11-14)
Youmacon (Nov 1-4)
AnimeUSA (November 9-11)

Cons which have been italicized are not yet confirmed.

In other news I am a Homestuck.

If Summer is Convention season, then Convention-Planning season is upon us, guys.

So, uh- MoCCA, MeCAF, Florida Anime Experience, AnimeNEXT, Otakon, SPX.  Are the conventions I am planning to attend at the moment.  I might do a couple of others, as well?  Yeah.  What.. what will I be selling?  At these tables that I am purchasing?

THIS THING.  Starry Knights.  It is this comic thing which I draw, and even occasionally post online.  How exciting, I know!  It is about a girl and her best friend dinosaur; they have to save their island; etc thrilling times had by all.

I am also working n making a children's book about the same characters (sort of).  It got ghosts in it.

I also got a tumblr: www.relissoawesome.tumblr.com

I also finally cleaned out my dA inbox.  This was a pretty big accomplishment, I think.

I've also been interning over at DC Comics, in the Vertigo department.  It is pretty intense stuff!  I have been working on the Hellblazer Bible, which is a bit like glorified scrapbooking.  I also think that my letter to the editor might appear in iZombie issue 11?  Because the editor asked me to write a letter for that issue.  So, yeah.  It is a pretty cool comic, I think, iZombie is.

The Mighty Boosh.  I have been watching it.  Why did no one tell me about this show sooner??  I just.  Noel Fielding.  I think I want to marry the man.  Besides Boosh, have also been watching old Buzzcocks episodes.  Also Big Fat Quiz Show of the Year.  Fielding and Brand as the Goth Detectives.  I just.

bluh bluh, and in other British television: MISFITTTTTTTTS.  THIS SHOW.  IS SO AMAZING.  Honestly, some of the best television I have ever seen, I think.  Everybody go watch it now. Right now.

So- weirdly enough- I am like, actually on top of all my classes.  Everything is going well.  I am almost starting to get a bit ahead, even.  I... I don't know how to feel.  Happy, I guess.  Mostly just surprised.

But yeah- senior year is going well.  I'm pretty happy with all my classes, and since I only have class on Wednesday and Thursday, I have a five-day weekend every week.  It's pretty nice.    My roommate this year is ...  we get on pretty well, which is cool, and we have a lot of the same interests and such, so no roommate drama or anything.

Also- my portfolio teacher is Becky Cloonan, who is pretty awesome.  AND I am working on Starry Knights as my portfolio project, so.. hopefully I will start posting that here and such.

I applied for an editorial internship at Marvel?  We'll see how that goes.  I haven't heard anything back from them yet, other than that they received my application.

Uhm.. yeah.  That's about it.  Everyone should read Starry Knights, once I start posting it.  Mmmyeah.

So- the lovely magalosaurus and myself have got ourselves a table in this year's New York Anime Fest's Artist Alley.  Come check us out!  We are at table NYAFF5.  Yeah!

I FINALLY FINISHED MY THESIS.  

Actually, I finished last week.  ...it's still like, three months late.  But.  It's done.  Wooooooohoo.

In other good news, I've finally got Wordpress doing what I want!!  There's still a couple of things that need work, but it's down to odds and ends really, so... GO CHECK OUT THE STARRY KNIGHTS WEBSITE!
I am quite happy with how it came out, considering that my website building/CSS skills are very weak... I will work on them, though!  I a going to bone up, and eat my CSS spinach!  Or its metaphorical equivalent!  Whatever!!

So yeah, right now the site is hosting Apophenia (my thesis).  Pages will post Monday through Friday up until August, at which point the main feature (Starry Knights) will roll.  Look at that!  A posting schedule, just like a "REAL WEBCOMIC"!!

So Rel, surely you have some sweet Starry Knights content ready and waiting to post come September, amirite?

Uh.  No.  Not yet.  GOOD THING I DIDN'T GET A JOB THIS SUMMER, RIGHT??  LOLOLOL.  What I do have is a complete and comprehensive outline of THE WHOLE STORY.  That's right, no flying blind.  I know how everything starts and ends and everything in between and all of the important little foreshadowing events that after you read the end and go back and read everything from the beginning you are like, "D'oh!  That was totally set up all the way back in Chapter 2!!  How did I not realize that??"
So... now I am working on my least favorite part, the thumbnails.  :C  I don't know why I hate thumbnails so much; they are an important and integral part of the process.  But yeah, the thumbnails for the prologue are done, and once I finish the Chapter 01 thumbs I will probably start on the pencils... so that I can put off doing the Chapter 02 thumbs... yeah.